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<p>Omdat er zoveel kritiek langskomt hier op airbnb (en fairbnb) en
ik graag mijn informatiedieet baseer op een basis van de mooie
dingen die mensen doen, hier wat tegenwicht. De laatste nieuwbrief
van het hospitality network BeWelcome. Happy travels!</p>
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<div>[BeWelcome] [1]</div>
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<div>What's new on BeWelcome</div>
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<div>You are receiving this newsletter because you are a member of
the BeWelcome</div>
<div>community of travelers and hosts. For those who are receiving
this</div>
<div>newsletter for the first time, a big, warm Welcome. You have
joined a</div>
<div>community that is 100% volunteer run. That means no offices,
no paid staff</div>
<div>and a non-profit since 2007.</div>
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<div>VOLUNTEER DEVELOPERS WANTED</div>
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<div>BeWelcome needs developers. The available resources we have
influences the</div>
<div>implementation of new features. The platform is based on
SYMFONY (4.X)</div>
<div>components (PHP) using DOCTRINE as the database access tool.
The frontend</div>
<div>uses TWIG templates and makes use of JQUERY for dynamic
content. The CSS</div>
<div>framework is BOOTSTRAP4. If you have experience and skills in
these</div>
<div>languages or other development skills, like knowledge of JAVA
(e.g. for a</div>
<div>mobile app), we would like to hear from you. For more
information, please</div>
<div>see GitHub [2] or get in contact with shevek [3].</div>
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<div>NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS</div>
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<div>BeVolunteer - the registered non-profit association behind
BeWelcome -</div>
<div>recently elected a new Board of Directors (BoD). They are:</div>
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<div> * Executive: Johannes - wind [4]</div>
<div> * Secretary: Nina – lososs [5]</div>
<div> * Treasurer: Frank – thorgal67 [6]</div>
<div> * Volunteer Coordinator: Sammie – sammiekong [7]</div>
<div> * Strategy lead: David – mountx [8]</div>
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<div>These BeVolunteer members, elected to the Board of Directors
are just</div>
<div>active volunteers. You can also get more active by
volunteering [9]. This</div>
<div>year, all Board members will focus on increasing activity on
the BeWelcome</div>
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<div>THE NEW WEBSITE HAS SOME GREAT NEW FEATURES</div>
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<div>MOBILE FRIENDLY </div>
<div>A major redesign happened in 2019 and now bewelcome.org [1]
is mobile</div>
<div>friendly. You can now use the responsive website when you are
on the move.</div>
<div>The page loads quicker and allows you to get to the feature
or information</div>
<div>you need faster. A hamburger menu in the top corner – three
lines stacked</div>
<div>together to roughly form the shape of a hamburger – allows
you to</div>
<div>navigate easier. As this menu does not require a lot of
space, it leaves</div>
<div>bewelcome.org uncluttered and gives more screen space for the
information</div>
<div>you really need.</div>
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<div>HOST REQUEST </div>
<div>Members have long requested a host request system. Until now
members sent</div>
<div>hosting requests through the general messaging system. Since
the redesign,</div>
<div>there is now a separate request system which helps you to
keep track of the</div>
<div>requests you send out and receive. And for the first time
ever BeWelcome</div>
<div>can estimate how much hosting happens through our community.</div>
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<div>MEMBERS SEARCH – EXACT LOCATION ON THE MAP </div>
<div>When setting your home, you can now use a location marker in
the map (by</div>
<div>dragging map/zoom in/zoom out) to indicate your exact
location. This allows</div>
<div>for more accuracy in the search. Try it out and change your
location! [10]</div>
<div>Your profile will stand out by more accurately pointing to
where you live.</div>
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<div>REPORT BUGS </div>
<div>If you see any bugs or strange website / platform behaviour,
you can post</div>
<div>them in the forum. We have a forum thread called ‘I found a
problem with</div>
<div>the new site [11]’ where you can post your remarks.</div>
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<div>To UNSUBSCRIBE from BeWelcome newsletters, please change your
settings in</div>
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news about</div>
<div>BeWelcome by mail’ to ‘No’ and click on ‘Save settings’ at
the</div>
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<div>Finally: HAPPY 2020! May the new decade be full of enriching
encounters for</div>
<div>you!</div>
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<div>Love, peace, happiness from the BeWelcome Volunteers</div>
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<div>If you have any questions or problems with this email or our
website, get</div>
<div>in touch with us at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bewelcome.org/feedback">www.bewelcome.org/feedback</a> [12] (cc) 2020
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<div>[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org">https://www.bewelcome.org</a></div>
<div>[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/BeWelcome/rox">https://github.com/BeWelcome/rox</a></div>
<div>[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org/members/shevek">https://www.bewelcome.org/members/shevek</a></div>
<div>[4] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org/members/wind">https://www.bewelcome.org/members/wind</a></div>
<div>[5] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org/members/lososs">https://www.bewelcome.org/members/lososs</a></div>
<div>[6] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org/members/thorgal67">https://www.bewelcome.org/members/thorgal67</a></div>
<div>[7] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org/members/sammiekong">https://www.bewelcome.org/members/sammiekong</a></div>
<div>[8] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org/members/mountx">https://www.bewelcome.org/members/mountx</a></div>
<div>[9] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org/about/getactive">https://www.bewelcome.org/about/getactive</a></div>
<div>[10] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org/setlocation">https://www.bewelcome.org/setlocation</a></div>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s19606-I_found_a_problem_with_the_new_site/">https://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s19606-I_found_a_problem_with_the_new_site/</a></div>
<div>[12] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bewelcome.org/feedback">http://www.bewelcome.org/feedback</a></div>
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